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What Happened to Surgical MV Repair in the MitraClip Era?

It was just as prevalent but with better outcomes as transcatheter mitral-valve repair emerged to take on high-risk cases. But more than just a shift in case mix seems responsible, researchers say.

'Home Time' Validated as TAVI Outcomes Performance Metric

Patients who were alive and well at home in the first 30 days had lower mortality and readmission than those with longer stays.

Small Number of Patients Have Myocarditis-like Illness After COVID-19 Vaccination

Symptoms resolved in 7 patients with myocarditis-like illness after COVID-19 vaccination

American Heart Association Findings from a small study detailing the treatment of myocarditis-like symptoms in seven people after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. are published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. These cases are among those reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) documenting the development of myocarditis-like symptoms in some people who received the COVID-19 vaccine. Myocarditis is a rare but serious condition that causes inflammation of the middle layer of the wall of the heart muscle. It can weaken the heart and affect the heart’s electrical system, which keeps the heart pumping regularly. It is most often the result of an infection and/or inflammation caused by a virus.